Not Feeling Full?

[Togunrinde 36]

For context, I had my surgery on the 7th. I feel like maybe I'm eating more than I should be. I see people saying they can only get a couple bites of something and they actually feel full. But I can eat more than a couple bites and I'm actively conscious of how much I eat so I force myself to stop. There is a slight feeling of fullness by that point but even still. Should I be eating less? What are the signs of being full?

[lindabalseca 373]

I feel the same way...I had my surgery on the 9th

[mpolyard 10]

I had surgery on the 9th, just started mushy/solid foods a couple days ago, I like to put what I'm about to eat into a 1/4 of a cup and eat from that, some foods I feel full some I don't and I feel like I could eat more but I give it about 10 minutes to settle then I'm full and glad I didn't take another bite, when I'm full I get a heavy feeling in my stomach and I've noticed I get hiccups too, I feel like if I were to take another bite I might throw it up but that's just me. I could still be swollen and that's why I feel that way.

[gotime0810 71]

I haven't felt full yet either. I am noticing as I get to the end of my 3 oz my stomach starts to gurgle. I'm taking that as my sign. It is so different for everyone.

I tend to eat distracted and am working to break that habit. I've literally been eating with my eyes closed so I can really concentrate on how my body feels and reacts to what I am eating.

Since I don't really feel full I'm very careful to portion everything to keep from overeating.

[Dimples58 167]

I'm not sure if you were told to eat Protein first....if not...try it. You will definitely get full after two or three bites. When I'm full i either get the hipcups and or belch. My nosie runs when I overeat.

[Togunrinde 36]

I'm just getting into puréed foods so I haven't had food Protein yet. But I'll keep that in mind going forward, thank you!

[TammyA 77]

I never feel full after a few bites. I'm about 4 weeks out of surgery and I can eat most Proteins, but not pork or beef. If I'm having salmon or chicken I don't feel full after a few bites. I've been posting on here that I'm nervous I'm eating too much...so I have a food scale and now I'm weighing everything. I eat about 2 ounces of Protein and then I stop...even if I feel like I could eat more. I don't want to be full to the point of feeling sick but I would love that feeling of fullness and knowing I ate enough and should stop.

[Sassy Sleeve 34]

Just moved on to pureed foods. I start with Protein (still eating mostly protein). I am measuring food. I eat what I have measured and I stop. I don't feel full, but during the day, I am satisfied and move on. At night, I feel hungry throughout the evening.

I have never felt overly full, I have never had a sensation of eating too much.

Post-op (thankfully) I only felt nauseous 3 times, and all three times that passed without getting ill.

I feel like I must be eating too much, and I am just not sure?

I eat considerably less than I did pre-op, but way more than I expected to, and eating is too easy. I expected that post-op I would take a few bites of sugar free Jello and be full. Even when I had sugar-free jello in the hospital, I could take more than a couple of bites.

Maybe because I am still on pureed foods, they are all still slider foods?

Maybe I am eating too fast for the feeling of fullness to develop?

Also, if something comes up and I do not eat on my prescribed schedule, then I feel quite hungry. For example, I had to help one of my kids with something today, and I wasn't able to have my Protein Drink on schedule, and I was quite hungry by the time I got to the protein drink.

All of this is very concerning! I expected to have more of a limitation. I knew I had to work with the tool, but I expected more a physical sensation that would help. Overall, my recovery from surgery has been easy. However, I am feeling unsure how to maximize the effectiveness of my tool! Yikes!

[akaet 91]

Just moved on to pureed foods. I start with Protein (still eating mostly protein). I am measuring food. I eat what I have measured and I stop. I don't feel full, but during the day, I am satisfied and move on. At night, I feel hungry throughout the evening.
I have never felt overly full, I have never had a sensation of eating too much.
Post-op (thankfully) I only felt nauseous 3 times, and all three times that passed without getting ill.
I feel like I must be eating too much, and I am just not sure?
I eat considerably less than I did pre-op, but way more than I expected to, and eating is too easy. I expected that post-op I would take a few bites of sugar free Jello and be full. Even when I had sugar-free jello in the hospital, I could take more than a couple of bites.
Maybe because I am still on pureed foods, they are all still slider foods?
Maybe I am eating too fast for the feeling of fullness to develop?
Also, if something comes up and I do not eat on my prescribed schedule, then I feel quite hungry. For example, I had to help one of my kids with something today, and I wasn't able to have my protein drink on schedule, and I was quite hungry by the time I got to the protein drink.
All of this is very concerning! I expected to have more of a limitation. I knew I had to work with the tool, but I expected more a physical sensation that would help. Overall, my recovery from surgery has been easy. However, I am feeling unsure how to maximize the effectiveness of my tool! Yikes!

I'm with you, sometimes I don't feel full. Ugh.
I have a scale and just start using it. Saw my surgeon on Wednesday and he said my pouch should hold 90ml that's less than half a cup. I told him I was eating a cup to a cup and a half. He said I was over eating. So now I'm scared and don't want to eat and when I do I feel overwhelmed and feel as I'm overeating and so freaked out and scared.


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Boy, I'm with you! I am 15 days post surgery and I have never felt full. Twice in the last 3 days I have thrown up (not much) but I never had a full or even almost close to full feeling. I don't know if I drank my tea and Water too fast, but it came on really quick and I felt better within minutes. Today I have really tried to slow down on my drinking. I'll see if that works

[Sassy Sleeve 34]

Well, is anything working? I have slowed down, and I measure my foods. I chart everything I eat, and I am getting in my Protein and I am under 800 calories a day.

I know I am eating way less than I did pre-op, I am eating about 1/3 of a cup at a time.

Weight loss has been slow for a little over a week - and that is FRUSTRATING!

Last week I danced around up and down the same .5 to 1 pound up and down, then lost about two. This week I am dancing around the same way .5 up or down, but nothing lower yet... hoping tomorrow shows promise.

[TammyA 77]

6 minutes ago, Sassy Sleeve said:

Well, is anything working? I have slowed down, and I measure my foods. I chart everything I eat, and I am getting in my Protein and I am under 800 calories a day.

I'm glad you're seeing some progress. I have lost half a pound to a pound each day or two. It's coming off, but I guess I expected it to move faster because I'm eating so much less. I'm also being really careful to eat a very low carb diet, and before my surgery that always worked well for me. I guess I feel like I'm following the low carbs and eating so little that the weight should be melting off. As long as I continue to see progress I'll be fine. I think my issue is more that my expectations might not have been realistic.

Yesterday was my 4 week anniversary of my surgery and I'm down 33 pounds I think. That's good progress so I just need to keep it up. When I saw my surgeon last Monday he told me I should lose another 20 pounds before my next appt. at the end of September. I've lost 5-6 in the last week so I think I'm on track.

[Sassy Sleeve 34]

2 minutes ago, TammyA said:

Yesterday was my 4 week anniversary of my surgery and I'm down 33 pounds I think. That's good progress so I just need to keep it up. When I saw my surgeon last Monday he told me I should lose another 20 pounds before my next appt. at the end of September. I've lost 5-6 in the last week so I think I'm on track.

Congrats!

Yes, I think expectations do play into it! I was happy at my 1-week post-op appointment. I was down almost 22 pounds (one week pre-op and one week post-op). Now 12 days later - I am down not quite 25 pounds... that is only 3 pounds in 12 days - and at this stage - so close to surgery I just thought I would be losing a little faster.

However, If I re-frame it to 25 pounds in 30 days... then it is significant. 9.5% of my starting body weight in 30 days.

Plus, while the purpose is different, the pre-op diet and immediate post-op diet are not that different than some fad diets... and pre-sleeve I would have gained significant weight back moving forward to eating other foods.... and I am still losing.

I wish I had a better sense of what expected weekly weight loss is... My next appointment is at 1-month - and I do plan on talking with them about this at that point in time. I will probably call next week if I am still seeing the scale move this slowly - just to get a sense of what is expected.

[TammyA 77]

7 minutes ago, Sassy Sleeve said:

expected.

I loved that my doctor told me how much I was expected to lose before my next appointment. Now I know what I'm working toward. I would definitely call so you have some idea of where they want you to be!

[etc. etc. etc. 440]

I haven't moved to even purees yet. I'm a little nervous because when it comes to liquids, I feel zero limitations. Even with shakes. I can drink eight ounces in 15 minutes, no big deal.

Not sure how more solid food will go over

Maybe I will eat too much because it's just as easy? Maybe it will suddenly finally be hard and it will be a rude awakening.

No idea and that freaks me out a little.